Sydney Stories - Week 29

Hello,

For a change a very relaxing weekend in spite of all that could be done. Getting the groceries done during the week makes quite a bit of difference for the weekend. 

A friend of mine and his wife from Melbourne had visited us on Saturday. Had a spread starting with sweet corn chicken soup, chilly fish, bhindi masala and pasta. The sweet corn soup from y'day morphed into hot and sour soup for tonight. The chilly fish was a complex mix of indian, european, chinese and thai spices. Turned out pretty well. Sunday was quite relaxing for a change without having to do much. The fact that I am able to write this by 11 PM means something.

Nandha has started moving around quite a bit making it dangerous to leave anything on the floor. He targets anything that has a LED or anything that is colourful. Food items if any left on the carpet is another source of attraction for him. We bought a play pen where he can roam around within boundaries. He has been fine so far however a bit of a circus when he is not in the mood for his pen.

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Apparently I dozed off y'day typing up to the above paragraph sitting on the couch. And I thought I had a relaxing weekend!!

Nandha has had a home-hair cut now. I suppose he looks more of a boy now. People got confused seeing his long hair (bound with hair-clip). 

So anyway, wonder what is up with food that "may" contain "traces" of something. Something is either there or not there. Noticed this while I was buying pasta. Every brand had this warning "May contain egg" or "May contain traces of egg". Not that I am bothered by the existence of egg or not, but I know people who are strict vegetarians. Wonder if they can eat pasta ever!!! 

Finished up reading the book called "New Games New Rules" for the Aussie industry. It was more about how to handle union issues and how restructuring the impact of unions will help Australia. However I can see the effect of it in non-union organizations as well. This country needs reformation big time. They've been living in their own little world down under, guess it cannot continue for too long. I still am not able digest the number of people the suburban railway system employs. One to wave the flag, one to see the waving of the flag and another to drive. And yeah, there is a guard in every compartment. No wonder the unemployment rate is low here.

Oki doki.

Have A Great Week!!

Chetty